Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-10
LOCAL OPTION DEFEATED.
The Bill Amended and Rejected---F ate
of the University Bill

OF third reading in the house the other
morning. The discussion which followed
was vigorous and ind Gated plainly the
deep interest taken 10y the members;
Several amendments were offered and
adopted, but when the final vote was taken
il lacked four of the nu Der required 20
pass. The bill wa, rec, nsidered and tabled,
and will be tried az in with such amend
ments as may secure the nece 'sary mum
Der of votes.
Gov Luce sent mess Ce 70 both houses
the other day asking that the bill making
appropriations for the university be re
called from his hand Tor the purpose OF
reconsidering the appropriations Tor new
buildings and other appropriations ami
changes in the ill VIII. h he considers
desirable. drawing attention To the Agri
cultural college bill and its provisions
The governor begin, 10y recapitulating
the amour : appropriated 10 the universe
". viz: In the years lNS3 81, Sll5,! %; IN
1856. S@tO.50. The latest catalogue OF
the univers ty shows Lee SAYS an enroll
ment of l,512 tudents, 19l from Michigan
and ~ from other states and foreign
countries, and goes on To figure that as
Michigan students pay from so TO 80 ana
foreign students from ) % 10 so, that the
total fees from Michigan students for the
last two years was S53OOJ and from FOR
elm students $4,000, from which he finds
that Michigan people pay the total gwen
above viz. SO 10. !. also the "unlversl-
" land. tax S'N,ibO, ana the students
fees, $4,000 atotal o. Sail. 1904; whereas,
foreign stu Tents pay the $500 noted in
the catalogue. Wit out considering that
this 81, O0Ois so much gained for the univer-
sity and the state, enabling the university
TO give a better course OF instruction-ig-
noring that point entirely, the governor
goes on To relate that Amherst college
charges all its students SllO a year, y ale
sl40 and Harvard SIS -, but omits To give
the rates at Cornell University, the Uni.
Of l. nj n m "a { a "a
and other state institutions.
The governor SAYS he believes in making
low rates 10 Michigan Students, but for
eign ST ldents ought to pay Nr9ihng
more than they have heretofore been
charged Ihi, Il a bus ness question and
will probably be con~ldere in "A business
way. The legislature will pro- ably lie in
clined to recommend that foreign students
lie charged matter of So being so more
than at present
He dsclaims unfriendly intentions, still
adheylng 10 the "A vice given in his mes
sage that We cannot afford 10 CT pple OF
impair the usefulness o any OF our state
institutions. The edu 'atioual. charitable
and penal institutions mu be provided
for. but the most scrutini ing c re should
he exer, Used in making appropriations. ~
He thinks the items or new buildings
should q redu ed, and intimates his be
lief that there Is no need r new build
ings but does not go quite 10 the length
Of saying so.
In the senate the message was referred
70 the committee on tie univ, rsity, and
ordered printed in the journal. The house.
however. viewed the matter IN different
light, and the members INDUCED in some
sharp and caustic structures Oh this action
of the governor, and the motion TO recall
the bill failed
he hnnsa has a IN IN
final adjournment June J.. strong eff
fort was made TO fix the date a week .ater,
but the motion wa> defeated
The bill appropriating $loi, 800 for an ex-
ten ion of the east WIN Of the prison at
Jackson and the building OF new cel
blocks, rebuilding the wagon shop max
ing repairs. putting in electric lights
schooihouse, stoTehOuse, and SoOJj for the
purchase of strip OF land eight rod, wide
on the street facing the warden's resi-
dence at the prison, has passed the house
Mr.. Townsville of Livingston moved TO
strike out the 5000 item tor the purcha g
OF the land lie made an ener- etic remon.
STRANGE against this urchase, for which
no reasons were assigned except IA wish to
remove from the front or the prison two
or three bui dings OF ems We to the eve and
repugnant TO the moral sense OF the OIL
Gers OF the prison. Mr.. koun>vllle's oh
jections did not prevail the item was
continued in the bill by "A small vote.
The governor has appointed as commits
sioners to attend the historical celebration
at Marietta, o., Of the centennia al anniver-
sary of the organization of the North yves I
Territory the following named gentlemen
1alcott T.. Wing of Monroe, homas ID.
Gi bert Of Grand Rapid, James W Bel
KNAPP of Greenville, Jerome T. Cobb of
Schoolcraft, and George Green of Lansing.
Judge Wing VIII be President and George
Green secretary
The house committee OF the whole has
agreed u the bill, which has previously
passed the senate, making IL an oiiense
punishable 10y fine of not less than s. or
more than Sjn, or by imprisonment not
less than ninety days or more than one
year-to knowingly sell a butter any
oleomargarine, butterine or similar sub
stance.
The house has passed the senate bills 15l
and 1S6, in reference 10 The swamp land
interest fund. The tr>t named bi amends
the law of ls5S. so that IL reads that all
money heretofore recelN ed or hereafter TO
be received after delucting expenses Of
sale OF state swamp lands shall he denomi-
mated primary school funt and the inter
est at five per cent. Ter annum shall be
appropriated 70 and distributed as the
prfm lry school fund in, ONE is now The
other bill amends thu act Of 80. which
provides for the payment Of half Of the in
terest OF the swami land fund TO the coun-
1le-. hnu ulTstlH lUhl those amounts be
credited back 60 the sev, raj counties
The governor has ,iyned the marriage
license bill, and the marriage business in
this state Is now made steel-clad.
While the committee was in session n
letter was read from President Ledyard
Of the Michigan Central 20 the executive
committee Of the state agricultural socie
", wherein Mr.. Ledya informed the So
ciety that he could make no rates permit
no ions, DO nothing t. faci itate
the exhibition at JAG. son. This. too i'm
the face OF his own recommendations
formerly made TO the society in urging
them TO select Jackson as the place Of the
fair Then he urged upon them that Kal-
amazoo was an expensive place for the
railroad, but that Jackson. being radiat
ing point for most of the branches the
great locomotive and car station, the
headquarters of a division, il would be
easy for the railroad TO help on the success
OF the fair, and the railroad would do il
too, If it were only located at Jackson.
The tone Of this letter was con iderable
of surprise to the memt ers. all OF whom
are agreed that they will DO ali in their